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Autumn 2024 - General Discussion

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  • #722
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,758 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    Poor Cork and Waterford in yellow rain warnings if this keeps up it will turn out like feckin Venice

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  • #723
    adocholiday
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,195 ✭✭✭adocholiday


    Looks like we're moving into an unsettled pattern after today and well into FI. Plenty of low pressure out in the Atlantic this week bringing some wet and breezy weather our way for the next 7-10 days. We come under the influence of high pressure then the following mid-week but low pressure doing its best to disrupt that and we fall into the battle ground bringing further rain and not allowing us to tap into the warmer temperatures. Parts of the SE of England might see 19 or 20 degrees if the charts verify but we'll see maybe 12-14. A lot can and will change this far out, but on the positive side there are no significant storms on the horizon so hopefully our luck continues to improve and that high pressure can establish even better to give us a nice warm, settled spell. I won't say Indian Summer just yet...

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  • #724
    pureza
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,218 ✭✭✭pureza


    It’s not an unusual pattern for the time of year

    Late 2018,playing catch up aswell was particularly wet



  • #725
    Who Ate The Cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 182 ✭✭Who Ate The Cat


    HI.

    I'm curious as to what the temperatures were in Ireland on 11th October 1969. RTE archives did a silent clip with bad fog in Dublin in the morning and people at the beach in the afternoon. I presume 21c or so max?



  • #726
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,765 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    I took a look at the rainfall totals for Dunsany, something I haven't looked at in months. As we all know 2023 was an incredibly wet year with months and months of deluges in a row. Last year Dunsany finished with 1048mm of rainfall. We are currently mid way through October and indeed Autumn and with only 2 and a half months of 2024 left to go Dunsany is currently sitting at 554mm of rainfall, roughly half of last years total! No doubt about it 2024 will finish up alot dryer than 2023. Also worth noting Dunsany hasn't had a single month this year that has reached 100mm of rainfall or more. If both November and December 2024 end up delivering at least 100mm of rainfall each, we would still end up under the 800mm for the year.



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  • #727
    Robwindstorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Robwindstorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122717772#Comment_122717772

    Yes the ground is incredibly dry here in Meath. Nature has a way of biting back though, so I wouldn't be surprised for it to balance itself out with well above average rainfall for the remainder of 2024.

    I'm beginning to sound like Gerry Murphy !



  • #728
    Cluedo Monopoly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,979 ✭✭✭✭Cluedo Monopoly


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122717772#Comment_122717772

    I have been saying that since May. The last 6 months have seen below average rainfall for most stations. Some are well below average. 2024 will be a very dry year in comparison to 2023. Dry is good, dry gives you so many more options.

    Athenry got almost 1,600mm of rain in 2023. It's at 900mm so far this year.

    I was expecting rain yesterday when golfing but it never arrived. We got a sprinkle only.

    What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?



  • #729
    mcburns07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122717925#Comment_122717925

    This is it balancing out Sept '22 to Mar '24! 12 out of 19 months were above average here in Cork, many well above.



  • #730
    Robwindstorm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭Robwindstorm


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122718306#Comment_122718306

    You guys got way more rainfall than us in the northeast that's for sure. Its been very dry with us in Meath for months now and I think we are bound to get a backlash. It seems to come in extreme cycles now.



  • #731
    Rugbyf565
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 851 ✭✭✭Rugbyf565


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    Dingle at the weekend. Got a lot of sunshine on Friday, was surprisingly warm.



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  • #732
    pauldry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,608 ✭✭✭pauldry


    16mm of rain in October so far.

    All months in 2024 below normal rainwise bar

    August 186mm

    March 114mm

    And

    April 101mm



  • #733
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    The variables of a typical October month. We have gone from next to freezing temps to glorious sunshine with genuine heat in the space of 24 hours.

    I'm not complaining. 17c N Kildare



  • #734
    leahyl
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    It is pouring in Cork City now and feels quite chilly in the house.



  • #735
    Dazler97
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    Very warm today I ain't complaining



  • #736
    Goldengirl
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    Grey and damp in North Dublin City .

    Yesterday was beautiful sunny and warm .

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  • #737
    Kutebride
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,356 ✭✭✭Kutebride


    Great sunshine on to the patio yesterday. Cut the grass yesterday!!!

    Dreary and dull today. Expecting rain shortly.

    16⁰ Meath



  • #738
    mcburns07
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,477 ✭✭✭mcburns07


    Torrential rain in Cork this evening, lot of surface water, passed a few crashes on the way home.



  • #739
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    This night back in 1987

    BBC Michael Fish 15th October 1987 hurricane forecast full version! (youtube.com)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnxjZ-aFkjs


  • #740
    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,115 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    'tis mild 15C, but also 10.6mm of rain since around 5 PM N Tipp

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #741
    Dazler97
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,758 ✭✭✭Dazler97


    On this day 7 years ago we had post tropical hurricane opheilia which killed 3 people and left 320,000 people without power, this was the worst storm since hurricane Debbie back in September 1961 killing 11 people definitely a storm to remember.

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  • #742
    OldRio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,763 ✭✭✭OldRio


    Thanks for that Dazzler. Checked my phone pictures and we were blocked in with trees down. Had to take a day off work chainsawing trees.



  • #743
    Oscar Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,562 ✭✭✭✭Oscar Bravo


    On this day 7 years ago, 16th October 2017, Violent Storm Ophelia struck Ireland

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  • #744
    beggars_bush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,053 ✭✭✭beggars_bush


    So mild today. What's on the way?



  • #745
    Oscar Bravo
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    Lovely Moon to the east and Comet setting to the West. Beautiful night here just outside Castlebar



  • #746
    .Donegal.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,094 ✭✭✭.Donegal.


    Cloudfest here can’t see S here unfortunately



  • #747
    appledrop
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    Bit of a mad day, damp and a lot of rain during the day which made it miserable yet it was very mild.



  • #748
    wazzzledazzle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,189 ✭✭✭wazzzledazzle


    A very mild morning, 13c, blustery. N Kildare



  • #749
    Gonzo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,765 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gonzo


    yesterday and today felt milder than many of the days we had in June and July this year, feels incredibly mild for the time of year.



  • #750
    Mantis Toboggan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 19,133 ✭✭✭✭Mantis Toboggan


    Anyone able to give us a prediction for Sunday week in Dublin for the marathon?

    Free Palestine 🇵🇸



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  • #751
    esposito
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122728890#Comment_122728890

    I’m not surprised tbh, a lot of recent Octobers have generally been on the mild side.
    Having said that, this October has had some notable cool days with frost in places.



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